William Tyrrell -Detroit Furniture Design
Head of illi Design, LLC --Furniture Design/Fabrication — Detroit, MI
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lounge chair - Fabricated steel and Cherry Slats. I wanted to show the hard geometry of the steel and the soft flow of the wood. Industry merged with nature.
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Reading chair - Fabricated steel and Cherry Slats.
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Reading chair - Slats float on a 1/4" steel rod, ends are tapered in to give a lighter feel.
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Reading chair - Cherry insert at the back of the foot.
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Sitta (six) - Brazilian Cherry, and glass. It is free standing, no glue or hardware.
a space for you - Zebra wood, paint and steel
a space for you
Re-saw - Reclaimed barn wood, steel and a band saw blade
Re-saw
sculptural wall light
U245 Show " Detroit's Most Wanted"
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Pattern Design - A project i did for a textiles class. Adding a pattern to an existing object.
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Pattern Design - Another Pattern applied to an existing object.
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Articulate lantern - Spalted birch container, Blown glass, Steel frame. Lamp moves 180* on your wall
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Articulate lantern - Spalted birch container, Blown glass, Steel frame. Lamp moves 180* on your wall
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Articulate lantern - Spalted birch container, Blown glass, Steel frame. Lamp moves 180* on your wall
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T-tray - Bent plywood, rolled steel, and white paint in side handles.
t-tray - Bent plywood, steel, white paint.
t-tray - I designed this tray for tea service. Handles and feet are painted white, thin stripe in between plywood to draw eye across piece.
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1st designs for coffee table
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launch - Ply wood, Cast Rubber, aluminum
future / retro table - Plywood, aluminum, felt, and cast rubber.
under
top - inlaid aluminum with cast rubber red line
side
foot
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Old Studio - Getting everything ready for the show. Beacon light is on in this photo.
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Shelf drawing exterior - 1st idea for a shelf based off of the human rib cage.
cage frame - 3/8'' steel
cage - bent plywood, hand formed steel, felt, custom distressed pain technique
cage - bent plywood, hand formed steel, felt, custom distressed pain technique
cage - bent plywood, hand formed steel, felt, custom distressed pain technique
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Wood work for a local restaurant interior.
break through - Glass, cement steel.
-the glass is lifted off of the cement by steel rods, and the cement is held in by the angle iron.
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break through, close up - Che and a grenade, first real piece i made.
burner sketch - first idea
burner - getting closer
Incense burner/ lit up - laminated plywood, perforated Alum. and welding rod, L.E.D.
burner: side
burner: top
vessel
vessel
hang'n out - Copper pipe, grape vine, grass. This piece was made to hang outside and move with the wind.
hang'n out - the piece would spin faster as the wind picked up, also the copper turned green the longer it was out.
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Drawers - Set of drawers, sink with built in towel rack, Custom Faucet.
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